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Fopnu hashing Fopnu content

by Guest on 2026/04/03 04:50:39 PM

I searched and downloaded a Linux distribution and a multi-season Linux documentary series, and I’ve noticed that Fopnu keeps re-hashing those files. This seems odd because the files were already hashed and present in Fopnu.

This repeated hashing is putting unnecessary load on my PC.

Secondly, why is Fopnu hashing the files again at all?

If the files are already present and have been hashed—and since identical files should share the same universal hash. What is the need for Fopnu to start hashing them again?

by Guest on 2026/04/03 10:30:40 PM

Are you downloading with a program other than fopnu and sharing that folder in fopnu? If so, you really shouldn't share folders that other programs are downloading to. That folder, the file within, are going to keep hashing, the file keeps changing / being updated.
Please explain more about where you are seeing all this hashing, what folders, etc...

by Guest on 2026/04/04 01:09:36 PM

i searched inside fopnu and downloaded from inside fopnu, that was odd and main reason to raise this request

by Guest on 2026/04/04 09:43:28 PM

Are you sure no other program was downloading into that folder? On Linux for me I have my fopnu downloads folder in my library, not shared with the public, but in there. When I download something in fopnu it shows up in my downloads folder in my library and the status updates how complete the file is as it's downloading, and then hashes at the end to be sure its complete. What do you see in your downloads folder, especially when you are downloading? Is it the downloading file that keeps hashing? Does it keep hashing the complete file?

by Guest on 2026/04/07 08:51:10 AM

Are you sure no other program was downloading into that folder?

A million percent sure.

On Linux for me I have my fopnu downloads folder in my library, not shared with the public, but in there. When I download something in fopnu it shows up in my downloads folder in my library and the status updates how complete the file is as it's downloading, and then hashes at the end to be sure its complete.

I have same setup.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT FOPNU SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT NOT DOING.

Is it the downloading file that keeps hashing?

yes.

Does it keep hashing the complete file?

No, once file is completely downloaded it stops after a few minutes.

Problem is, as I said.

1] I searched a movie inside Fopnu,
2] Start download.
3] Download starts but hashing also starts simultaneously.
4] Increases DISK usage tremendously.
5] Hangs/Freezes PC.

by Guest on 2026/04/08 07:00:21 AM

Is your downloads folder on a different drive or a weird drive in any way? Network Drive? Does the constant hashing happen to all fopnu downloads? Maybe try running the CPU Diagnostic graph and the file access graph, and then run what ever one spikes while the hashing is going on.

by Guest on 2026/04/10 11:15:18 AM

Is your downloads folder on a different drive or a weird drive in any way?

I have 256 GB c drive and 720 GB D-DRIVE

Network Drive

Does the constant hashing happen to all fopnu downloads?

Yes.

I did try out your method of separating Fopnu folder and download folder, and it solved the issue of constant hashing.

But again I am questioning that - if the content is already hashed and inside fopnu and there are 2 people already seeding it - then why does it hash the content again, while I download?

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